Contact

Project Director

Steven B. Roberts
Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
University of Washington
Fisheries Teaching and Research Building, Office 232
1140 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105
contact@robertslab.info

Growers and hatcheries

If you are interested in hosting a field trial, trialing a priming protocol, or joining the producer network on any coast, contact the extension lead for your region through the project director.

Prospective students and postdocs

Positions are opening across partner institutions during Year 1. Contact the investigator whose work interests you, listed on the team page.

Media

Press inquiries should go to the project director.

Award information

Title	Strengthening U.S. Oyster Broodstock Systems: Building Healthier, More Resilient Seed for American Growers
Award number	2026-68012-47021
Proposal number	2026-04626
Accession number	1035155
Program	AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems (A9201), Coordinated Agricultural Project
Period	September 15, 2026 – August 31, 2031
Lead institution	University of Washington

Acknowledgment

Please use the following language when acknowledging this award:

This work is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Sustainable Agricultural Systems program, award no. 2026-68012-47021, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.